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Measurement in medicine : a practical guide /
"The success of the Apgar score demonstrates the astounding power of an appropriate clinical instrument. This down-to-earth book provides practical advice, underpinned by theoretical principles, on developing and evaluating measurement instruments in all fields of medicine. It equips you to cho...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Colección: | Practical guides to biostatistics and epidemiology.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "The success of the Apgar score demonstrates the astounding power of an appropriate clinical instrument. This down-to-earth book provides practical advice, underpinned by theoretical principles, on developing and evaluating measurement instruments in all fields of medicine. It equips you to choose the most appropriate instrument for specific purposes. The book covers measurement theories, methods and criteria for evaluating and selecting instruments. It provides methods to assess measurement properties, such as reliability, validity and responsiveness, and interpret the results. Worked examples and end-of-chapter assignments use real data and well-known instruments to build your skills at implementation and interpretation through hands-on analysis of real-life cases. All data and solutions are available online. This is a perfect course book for students and a perfect companion for professionals/researchers in the medical and health sciences who care about the quality and meaning of the measurements they perform"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (350 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-327) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139137546 1139137549 1283316552 9781283316552 9781139144872 1139144871 9780511996214 0511996217 |